Rothie sits on the B9001 Formartine road, a long main street between Oldmeldrum and Turriff, with the old railway alignment in the fields and farm roads that glaze over before the A947 does. There is no DSBM yard on that street and no truck parked by the shop. From Fordafourie the honest route is usually Fraserburgh–Turriff then south, or A90/A947 if the live vehicle is already toward Aberdeen. Calls here are school-run cars, agricultural pickups, and vehicles that never made the Turriff mart road. This is inland Formartine, not a Buchan harbour page.
B9001, the old railway, Turriff vs Oldmeldrum.
The main street is the job: parked vans, a bus, and no spare width for a long trailer to swing. Farm roads off toward Fyvie, Methlick and Insch ice early. The A947 is the faster Banff–Aberdeen spine a few miles away — if that is where you actually died, say so, because it is a different recovery. Call 01224 044741 or GPS 07475 722702.
When you call from Rothie
Registration, main street vs farm name, Oldmeldrum-bound or Turriff-bound, and whether it rolls. A photo if it is in a steading or on black ice with no verge. We do not need a landmark essay; we need the pin and the direction.
Access notes
No harbour, no industrial estate. Agricultural yards, a long village street, and the old railway field tracks that look like shortcuts until they are not. We stage at a junction rather than reverse a low loader through the school frontage.
Breakdown and accident recovery
24/7 from Fraserburgh: non-starters on the main street, B9001 shunts, 4x4s in fields, mart-morning vans. Aberdeenshire-local recovery, not long-haul. Loading follows the ice and the vehicle.
Booked collection
Both postcodes at quotes.dsbm.uk. Tell us if the pickup is a farm close with a height bar or a public street.
Honest ETA from Fraserburgh
Inland, mid-to-longer. Turriff first if the truck is on the coast; Oldmeldrum first if it is already on the A947. Frost on the B9001 is the local stretch. Time after the pin.
ON THE B9001 AND NEED HELP?
Call 01224 044741 or send GPS. Say Turriff-bound or Oldmeldrum-bound.